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noun

‘Last year, Britain recorded its the highest number of organ transplant operations ever with 2,867 carried out thanks to the generosity of 1,240 donors.’

‘It isn't a problem if you're a normal, healthy individual, but if you go into hospital for a kidney transplant or similar operation, you will be very vulnerable.’

‘Organ transplants are major surgery and if you find a suitable donor and survive, life is the big prize.’

‘A leading clergyman who has bounced back after a transplant operation and surgery for cancer is facing a third major operation this week.’

‘He underwent a transplant operation four-and-a-half years ago, but the kidney donated by his father was rejected.’

‘Over the next 20 years the clinic's international reputation grew and the first heart transplant was performed there.’

‘The world's first successful lung transplant was performed at Toronto General in November of 1983.’

‘He's had a heart transplant operation and it's proved successful.’

‘She was recently diagnosed with end-stage renal disease and is awaiting a renal transplant.’

‘The best current methods for transplant surgery or against organ rejection cannot be separated from the research and healthcare settings that make such practices possible.’

‘We report the case of a woman who had undergone a successful allogeneic bone marrow transplant for acute myeloid leukemia.’

‘The doctor who led the operation is one of the world's leading transplant surgeons.’

‘Cornea transplants are one of the most common organ and tissue transplants performed in the United States.’

‘My doctor was one of the nation's leading surgeons for corneal transplants.’

‘People who need corneal transplants will be able to get corneal transplants.’

‘How do doctors choose who deserves to have a life-saving liver transplant?’

‘Not only is he the majority leader, he's also a cardiac transplant surgeon.’

‘This would give a second chance to people who are waiting for organ transplants for which available organs are in short supply.’

‘The youngster starts 10 days of chemotherapy, which will be immediately followed by a life-saving stem cell transplant.’

‘Each was followed by charts depicting nerve function before and after the transplant surgery.’

1.1An organ or tissue which is transplanted:

‘a drug to prevent the body rejecting bone marrow transplants’

‘It is like a human transplant patient rejecting the transplant, but more complicated.’

‘If you have had an autologous transplant, your body will not reject the bone marrow.’

‘Currently in the United States, more than 80,000 people are living with functioning renal transplants.’

‘You may have to take medicine for the rest of your life to prevent your body from rejecting the transplant.’

‘He is likely to be in hospital for at least a month and will be taking drugs to suppress his immune system so that his body does not reject the transplant.’

‘Another theory is that a woman's higher oestrogen levels make her organs more prone to rejection and at the same time make it more likely that her body will reject an organ transplant.’

‘If you need a new heart or liver, it might be possible to grow a new perfect transplant using your own cells.’

‘Should the recipient's body reject the transplant, it raises the possibility that the patient will be left worse off than before.’

‘It is vital to work out how to prevent these transplants from being rejected.’

‘The transplant rejects the body rather than the other way around, a very nasty situation called graft versus host disease.’

‘The second problem with kidney transplantation is that the recipient's body recognises the transplant as if it were an invader, and tries to destroy it.’

‘The transplants had a toxic effect in many of the women, having not only anti-tumor activity but also attacking normal cells.’

‘But still, in the end most of the transplants have been rejected, and usually sooner rather than later.’

2A person or thing that has been moved to a new place or situation:

‘both old-time residents and new transplants have deep loyalty to their community’

‘the trees were bare-rooted transplants’

‘The Gang actually was a band of Florida transplants who moved north for bigger purses.’

‘But hey, if they wiped out its whole population and moved in transplants from Center City, I wouldn't complain!’

Origin

Late Middle English (as a verb describing the repositioning of a plant): from late Latin transplantare, from Latin trans- across + plantare to plant. The noun, first in sense 2, dates from the mid 18th century.